The Senate has approved on final reading House Bill 5842, which would give an across-the-board increase of P2,000 monthly to 1.9 million pensioners of the Social Security System (SSS).
The senators voted 15 in favor of the bill, with one negative vote cast by Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce Enrile and no abstentions.
Enrile said he was against the bill because its "generous benefit" to pensioners would eventually lead to the "bankruptcy of the SSS."
Good news for the estimated 1.9 million pensioners of the Social Security System (SSS): The Senate today approved on final reading a bill which seeks to grant an across the board P2,000 increase in their monthly pension.
The bill would to amend the Social Security Act of 1997. The latest amendment to the law was 18 years ago under RA 8282.
Sen. Cynthia Villar, chair of the Committee on Government Corporations and Public Enterprise, is the principal sponsor of the bill.
The other sponsors are Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto, Deputy Minority Leader Vicente “Tito” Sotto III, and Sens. Teofisto “TG” Guingona III, Joseph Victor Ejercito, Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., Francis "Chiz' Escudero, Jose "Jinggoy" Ejercito-Estrada, and Ferdinand “Bongbong" Marcos Jr.,
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